Resident undeterred by yard sign removal

I am 78 years old and have been voting since 1956. I have always felt free to express my political opinions and have never had them suppressed.

In the last two days here in Fort Collins, in my nice Westside neighborhood, my yard sign for Congressman Jared Polis was pulled up from its placement and today taken from our yard and thrown in the irrigation canal. Two days in a row means that someone is violating my freedom of speech.

Maybe it is a kid playing a prank, but given my candidate choice, I doubt it. I am deeply disturbed that this happened in Fort Collins, a city of good citizens. Someone has a deep hostility for practiced democracy and a diverse society. I will not be denied my voice. I will continue to put up yard signs in my yard. If someone trashes them, I will put up another and another. We should not be intimidated by vandals or bigots.

I would hope, as a past chair of the city's Human Relations Commission, that the community and its newspaper will denounce such destructive action and strongly support everyone's right to express themselves without fear of intimidation. This is why our ancestors created this great nation and why millions of our ancestors crossed oceans and rivers to come here.

It is also why veterans fought to preserve our freedoms, in its simplest form, a yard sign.

Peter M. Hall, Fort Collins

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Resident undeterred by yard sign removal

I am 78 years old and have been voting since 1956. I have always felt free to express my political opinions and have never had them suppressed.